Adjustable drier and stretcher form



Get. 8, 1935. s. B. M KINNEY 2,015,969

' ADJUSTABLE DRIER AND STRETCHER FORM Filed Dec. 15, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet1 I IIIII "mun Get 8, 1935., s. B. M KINNEY ADJUSTABLE DRIER ANDSTRETCHER FORM Filed Dec. 15, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I INVENTOR&ATTORNEVS 'aiiz'e Patented Oct. 8, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICESallie B. McKinney, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Application December 15, 1933, Serial No. 702,618

1 Claim.

The invention relates to adjustable forms and more especially to a kindfor the stretching,

locking and drying of knit and crocheted dresses, sweaters or garmentsof similar nature.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a form whereinthe body thereof is in sections, these being adjustably connected toeach other so that a knit or crocheted garment can be placed thereon andthe sections adjusted, so that the garment, after washing or cleaningthereof, can be stretched, blocked or dried, retaining the requiredshape and size, thereby eliminating the necessity of pressing or ironingsuch garment, the latter deteriorating the appearance by reason of thecharacter of the material of such garment.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a form of thischaracter, wherein the range of adjustment thereof is such as to takecare of childrens and adults garments of the knitted or crocheted kind,since it is necessary to wet the garment to shrink or stretch the sameto proper size and shape and in the drying thereof this must bemaintained, the drying of the garment -being had with rapidity resultantfrom the makeup of the form.

A further object or" the invention is the provision of a form of thischaracter which is extremely simple in construction, thoroughly reliableand efficient in its purposes, strong, durable, and inexpensive tomanufacture.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in thefeatures of construction,

combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whichdisclose the preferred embodiment of the invention, and pointed out inthe claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a form constructed in accordance with theinvention, the same being shown by full lines, while by dotted lines isillustrated a garment placed upon the form.

Figure 2 is a top edge view of the form.

Figure 3 is an exploded plan view of the form.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is an elevation of another form for the mounting of a skirt orthe like.

Figure '7 is an exploded plan view of the form shown in Figure 6, thesection thereof being partly broken away.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, particularly Figures 1 to 5, theadjustable form comprises 5 in this instance, the sections A, B, and C,respectively. These sections A and B when together have the marginalcontour of a body garment, such as a waist, sweater or the like,including the arm sleeve extensions l0, and each 10 is formed from awire mesh fabric ll known as hardware cloth having an edge binding l2made from metal strips, the meeting ends of which are suitably joined bysolder or otherwise. The sections C include the wire mesh fabric l3 andedge binding l4, these being alike to the material constituting thesections A and B. The sections C are superimposed upon the extensions toand are adjustable thereon by winged nut-carrying bolts l5 so that theseextensions H) can be increased in width, the extensions l0 and saidsections C being outwardly tapered. The sections A and B are adapted tobe overlapped and are fastened in adjusted relation to each other bywinged nutcarrying bolts I6, these being passed through interstices ofthe fabric II and likewise the bolts [5 are passed through intersticesof the fabric E3 of the sections C, as will be obvious. Thus it will beapparent that by varying the adjustment of the sections A and B withrespect to each other, the size of the body portion of the form can becorrespondingly varied so that this form. when set up, can be sized withrespect to a garment D of the knitted or crocheted kind. The garment D,when upon the form, is made fast thereto by a thread I! which is sewedthrough the said garment and the said sections A and B, as clearly shownin Figures 1 and 5 of the drawings.

When the garment is worn by the form it can be properly stretched,blocked and dried, the latter being efiected with rapidity due to themake-up of'the form.

In Figures 6 and '7 of the drawings there is shown a form including thesections E and F, respectively, marginally outlined or shaped for thewearing of a skirt garment, and each section is made from a wiremeshfabric [8 having a binding I9 of metal strips, these being joined attheir meeting ends in any suitable manner, such as solder, and in theuse of these sections E and F they are overlapped and adjustably securedtogether by the winged nut-carrying bolts 29.

It ispossible to join the two forms as above described in detail, sothat a full body garment can be worn thereby.

What is claimed is:

A device of the character described comprising a form constructed ofwire mesh fabric having the contour of wearing apparel, said form beingbeing flat throughout their extent, and a rigid 5 of sectionalconstruction throughout the extent binding extending marginallythroughout the sec- 5 of said apparel with its sections overlapped fortions of said form. extending or contracting the form, the wire mesh inthe sections providing openings and fasteners extending through theopenings for adjustably and detachably connecting the same, saidsections SALLIE B. MCKINNEY.

